Day Ten
Studying the picture
This is a drawing by a former pupil of mine, who at one time
also became my neighbour. When she had read a text of mine
about Mary Magdalene, she surprised me with a number of
drawings. The alabaster jar is changed into a flask, and she
adds a detail: a pigeon, symbolising peace?
Frida's Mary Magdalene is not happy in a crowd; her comings
and goings are meditative. She bears an inner treasure. Look
at her feet. Is she at the point of taking another
direction?
Reflection
Jacqueline Dauxois writes: 'We do not know anything about
the young years of Mary also called the Magdalene. The
gospel does not mention her parents. This woman must have
been rather well-to-do, for she was able to support Jesus
and his disciples, and certainly also of a high position in
society, if we are to believe Luke, who mentions her before
the wife of the Prime Minister of Herod Antipas, the
Tetrarch who governed Galilee and Perea.'
When I see myself, what is it I see? Am I also a person
concentrated on what is most important in life? What is this
most important thing? Do I show some of it?
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